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Study finds big air pollution impacts on local communities

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heavy traffic corridors in the cities of Long Beach and Riverside are responsible for a significant proportion of preventable childhood asthma, and the true impact of air pollution and ship emissions on the disease has likely ...


Novel genetic region identified for childhood asthma in Mexicans

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Genetic variants in a region on chromosome 9q may influence asthma development in Mexican children, according to research published in the August 28 issue of the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.


Asthma rates and where you live

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created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study shows how neighborhood characteristics play a significant role in childhood asthma.


Researcher: New toxicant safety standards are needed to protect the young

Researcher: New toxicant safety standards are needed to protect the young

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an invited, peer-reviewed journal article on how prenatal exposure to toxic substances are linked to a host of diseases in later life -- from atherosclerosis to cancer -- a Cornell toxicologist ...


Fall babies: Born to wheeze?

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created Nov 21, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

It is said that timing is everything, and that certainly appears to be true for autumn infants. Children who are born four months before the height of cold and flu season have a greater risk of developing childhood asthma ...


More findings on gene involved in childhood asthma

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created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Asthma researchers have found that a gene variant known to raise the risk of childhood asthma in European children plays a similar role in white American children, but not in African American children.